Paul Hurst

On November 26, 1977, the mutilated body of 54-year-old Paul Hurst was found alongside a driveway off Cherokee Trail. The homicide was called the “torso murder.” Hurst’s head, legs, hands, and genitals had been neatly severed from the body and were never found.

If you have any information please call the Knox County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit at (865)-215-3520/3590 or e-mail
coldcase@knoxsheriff.org
.